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... supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to The Spectator , and only one paper to The Tatler , though published by men with ...
... supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to The Spectator , and only one paper to The Tatler , though published by men with ...
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... supposed to have approved the general tendency , and where he thought himself able to detect some particular falsehoods . He therefore undertook the vindi- cation of General Monk from some calumnies of Dr. Burnet , and some ...
... supposed to have approved the general tendency , and where he thought himself able to detect some particular falsehoods . He therefore undertook the vindi- cation of General Monk from some calumnies of Dr. Burnet , and some ...
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... supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet " ; and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden ...
... supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet " ; and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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